Skull Rock

Located at the east end of Jumbo Rocks campground the Skull Rock can be easily seen and accessed from Park Blvd.

Nature Trail

This 1.7 mile loop trail has interpretive signs along the trail explaining
the rich biological diversity of the Mojave Desert.

Desert Diversity

Deserts sometimes appear lifeless to us. By taking time to look and
discover an active world of interconnected
plants
and
wildlife.

Each species along this trail is an irreplaceable treasure of our earth's
biological diversity. All life--from wood rat to
Joshua tree--is needed to
balance a global
ecology
system. In John Muir's words:

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to
everything else in the universe."

It began long ago when rain drops accumulated in tiny depressions and started to erode the granite. As more rock eroded, more
water accumulated, leading to more erosion until, as time passed, two hollowed-out eye sockets formed and the rock began to
resemble a skull.